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Term: 1st Term

Week: 2

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:    Agriculture

Topic:-      Problems of agricultural development and possible solutions

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Discuss the problems of Agricultural developments
  2. Discuss the possible solutions to the problems of agricultural development

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher reviews the previous lesson on the meaning and importance of agriculture

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She discusses the problems of agricultural development

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further discusses the possible solutions to agricultural development

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

  1. Inadequate finances for farmers

SOLUTIONS
a. Government and commercial banks should provide grants and loans with low interest rate for farmers

  1. Farmers should form cooperative societies to pool their resources together for their mutual benefits
  2. Prices of agricultural inputs and machinery should be subsidized

 

  1. Inadequate Land/Land Tenure System

SOLUTIONS

  1. abandoned land should be put to us
  2. The land use act of 1978 should be reviewed and re-enforced

 

  1. Lack of basic amenities

SOLUTIONS

  1. basic amenities like electricity, pipe borne water etc required for efficient farming should be provided by the government

 

  1. Illiteracy of farmers

SOLUTIONS

  1. demonstration farms should be located in strategic locations to train farmers
  2. mass literacy programme should be organized by the government to educate farmers

 

  1. Transportation problems

SOLUTIONS

  1. Good road network should be build
  2. constructions of water ways and railways tracks to connect the rural areas to the urban areas

 

  1. Inadequate storage and processing facilities

SOLUTIONS

  1. Modern facilities like silos, cribs, cold rooms etc should be provided by the government
  2. Governments should make processing facilities such as millers and threshers available to the farmers at subsidized rate
  3. The farmers should be educated on modern storage and processing facilities

 

  1. Problems of pests and diseases

SOLUTIONS
a. developments of disease resistant varieties by research institutes

  1. pesticides and other agro-chemicals should be made available to the farmers at subsidized rate

EVALUATION:   1. State the problems of agricultural development in Nigeria and their possible solutions

 

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively